Telegram-herald., 1887-08-21


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f-sarys FooEa. ~laxe tes Zlia rslszlsi rs
ssory sera f9T word Is szs "a y watch
lseels' faee a. b. keard a
-Ggea1 Eeaseasss b< sid. here have I
beea saoriaz a~sy ~h1ls NYisptha VS. Esariy
assassisrsi 81 ~ shfoaza ue. - Nhzt
[. lisss1 EhAs aorass must bei IL wo-id haye
served r~r vel 4 Umss0pogaes Raj cut hsr
Gesa - tes xctr
say ssi1 tss Zulu ~Fesr nst. shoald
have slalA her ere sAe stFaeAs l u4s sGt wait
lng tie moment"
AL EoCllBg, b0t could not help think
fng that many q thousand doomsd lives
would kzve been saved II be hsd metsd cut
T. Ssrsk ia fate shs naeznt for her sister.
And - tie issus proved. vas right.
After m had tod ais tals L UIaslopoga&s
wen CO. oncsrneily q gss bis morning
meal Sir Henry sad / fsA 70 talking
Atf4.r he WAS very bitter against Good,
who hs said. was no longer 70 De trusted,
having designsily allowed sorais 70 escape
b. soms secret stair when Il was his duty 10
have handed her over 10 justice. Indeed he
spoke III the most uBme.sursd terms on the
matter. | let him run on a while. rejecting
q nysed how easy No find il 10 be hard "a
the weaknesses OF others, and how tender
are % our own.
Really, lhy dear fellow, said at length,
zone would never think. 70 hear you talk,
that you were the man Who had an interview
with this same lady yesterday and found it
rather difficult 10 resist Ler destinations, not
wlthstanding your ties 10 one Of the lovelies.
and most loving women In the whole world.
Now suppose that it was NyisPtha who had
tried 10 murder Sorais, and you bad caught
her and she had pleaded with You, would YOU
have been 50 very eager 10 hand Ber over 70
an oDen shame and 10 death by fires just
look at the matter through Goods eye glass
for minute before you dsnounes an old
friend as a ScoundreL'
lie listsned 10 this jobation submissivsly,
anu then frankly acknowledged that he had
spoze zen harshly IL Is oze OF the best points
N Sir Henry's character that he Is always
ready TO admit 1t when he is in the wrong.
But, though | spoke up thus for Good, i
was not bind TO the fact, however natural his
behavior might BE- il was obvious that he was
being involved in a very awkward and dis
graceful complication. A foul and wicked
murder had been attempted, and he had let
the rnurdege.s escape, ard thereby, among
other things, allowed her TO gain complete
ascendaucy ever himself In fact be was in
a fair way 20 become her tool-and no more
dreadful fate can befsll a man than 10 be-
come the tool OF an unscrupulous woman,
or indeed OF any woman. There IS but one
end to il: when he IS broken, or has served
her purpose, he is thrown away-turned cut
on the world to hunt for his lost SELF respect.
While was pondering thus and wondering
what was 20 be done-for the whole subject
was a thorny one--I suddenly heard great
clamor in the court yard outside and distin-
guished the voices OF Cmslopogaas p ad Al
phonss, the former cursing furiously and the
latter yelling in terror.
Hurrying cut TO see what was the matter,
was met by ludicrous sight. The little
Frenchnsan was running up the courtyard at
an extraordinary speed, and after him sped
UInslopOgaas like great greyhound just as
I came out he caught him, aid lifting him
right OF his legs, carried hiIa some PAGES 20 a
beautiful but very dense towering shrub
which bore a flower not unlike the gardenia,
| but was covered with short thorns. Next,
| despite his howls and struggles, he with one
| mighty thrust plunged poor Alphcnse head
| first into the bush, so that nothing but the
calves Of his legs and his heels remained in
| evidence Then, satisfied with what he had
| done. tho Zulu folded his arms and stood
| grinly contemplating the Frenchman's kicks,
aud listening to his yells, which were awful
What art thou doingH l said, running up.
| sWouldst thou kill the manl Pull him out of
tho bushl'
| With a savage grunt he obeyed, seizng the
| wretched Alphonse by the ankle, and with q
| ierk that must have nearly dislocated it. tear
| ing him out of the heart OF the shrub. Never
did / see such a sight as he presented, his
| clothes half torn of his back, and bleeding as
| he was in every direction from the sharp
thorns There be lay, and yelled and rolled,
| and there was no getting anything out OF
him.
At last, however, he got up, and ensconcing
himself behind me, cursed old Umslopogaas
by every saint in the calendar, vowing by the
blood OF his heroic grandfather that be would
poison him and have MS revenge"
At last got the truth Of the matter. I,
appeared that Alphonse habitually cooked
| UmslopOgaas porridge, which the latter att
for breakfast in the corner Of ths court yard
Just as be would have done at home in Zulu
land, from a gourd, and with q wooder
spoon Now Umslopogaas had, like many
Zulus, a great horror of fish, which he con
sidered a species Of water snake. so Alphonse
who was a. fond Of playing tricks as n mon
key, ard who was also a cORsummate cook
determined 70 make him eat some. Accord
ingly be grated up a White 6sh very finely
and mixed it with the Zulus pOrridge, VIII,
swallowed it nearly all down ia ignorance O
what ne was eating. But unfortunately fol
| Alphonse he could not restrain his joy at thi
sight and came csFering and peeping round
till a. last Umslopogaas, who was clever IL
| his way, suspected something, and after
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porridge, discov cred "the buffalo hsifer's
trick, and in revenge served him az hav'
said. Indeed, the little man was fortunat
not to grt broken neck for his pains. for
as one would have thought. he might have
learned from the episode Of his display o
ax,nanship that le monsieur Doir was an Il
person 70 play practical jokes on.
This incident was unimportant enough il
Itself. but narrate Il because it led 10 seTiou
consequences. As soon a. he had stanche,
the bleeding from his scratches ard was1e'
himself. Alphonse went of. stil cursinz. q
recover bis temper. process vhich knew
from experience would take a very lon.
time When be had gone, I gave Umslo
po-aas a jobation. and told him that / va
ashamed of bis behavior.
aAh, well. Mscumazshn.- be said, ~yo
must be gentle with me. for here Is not n,
place am weary Of it-veary 70 dssth o
eating and drinking. Of siesping ard zivin
in marriage. love not this soft life IN sto1
hs,lSes That takes tue heart oat ~ man, So
turns his strength 20 water and his feSh to fa'
I I 1--we not the white robes and the deiscss
women. the blowing q tru1npets ard "a
fvfrg = hawks VINES ~ fought The Mass
81 tbe kraal yc'eler. "a, then ilfs was wort
the living. bus here is never a blow str7sck s
an~sr. ard hezin - thinx I shaA q e
way of my ssaegs ard hft Insasi-ksas n
rssrs.r sns hs he,d % she sx sud zszed :